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Sunday, August 25, 2013

Family Tree Maker Version 2014 announced at the FGS Conference

It’s that time again to announce all the greatest new features of
Family Tree Maker.
We listened to a large range of Family Tree Maker users to improve our
features for 2014 including the roll out of the new Family View display,
improved
TreeSync, more extensive charts and reports, new organizational tools
and more. Below is a list of the newly improved features.

New Family View — see
your family tree in a new way. This additional view makes navigating
easier, especially when you want to see extended family members.

A more robust TreeSync™ lets you sync even more of your family tree info.

Easily share your tree
with your family and work on it together. Family and friends can view
the online version of your tree without software or an Ancestry.com
subscription.

Collaborate
with the largest, most active family history community in the world.
Keep your online tree private or make it public so that others
researching your family can find you. You
may connect with others who have insight on your ancestors, discover
rare family photos, or even find relatives you didn’t know you had.

More organizational tools
— stay organized with new tools that let you sort children
automatically by birth order and view people by location, grouping them
by country, state, county, and city.

New and improved charts and reports
— more options and views let you display an individual’s ancestors,
spouses, and children together. Also, the Index of Individuals Report
has
been expanded with options for anniversary, birthday, and contact lists
and more.

New tree branch export — a new export option makes it much simpler to export a single branch of your tree.

More editing options — save time with the ability to copy and paste facts including related source citations, media items, and notes.

Improved merging
— easily and reliably merge more of the information you find on Ancestry.com.

Family
Tree Maker is a great program to help you organize your family history
regardless of your level of expertise. With so many features and
options, it’s perfect for the genealogist digging deeper into the past
and the family historian
fleshing out stories. Some of the additional features you may find
helpful include:

1. Access interactive street and satellite maps

View
important locations in your ancestors’ lives. Or create a migration map
showing where events in ancestors’ lives took place.

2. Easily organize media

Add photos,
documents, audio and video in one, easy-to-access location. Link media
to multiple people in your tree and incorporate them into charts and
reports.

3. Share your work with others

Use
templates to create beautiful family trees or design your own with
powerful charting tools. Enhance charts with backgrounds, embellishments
and family photos.

4. Discover new family members —
Follow hints from Ancestry.com, the world's largest family history resource.

7. Use standard location names —
Use the locations database to enter place names consistently and in a standard format.

8. Explore data like never before —
Use new and improved reports to gather information and export it in a
variety of formats. Save settings in one report and apply them to
others.

9. Navigate your tree with ease —
View multiple generations, navigate to any individual in your tree with a click of the mouse and add or edit life events.

10. Import data from other genealogy programs —
Open files created in Legacy™ Family Tree, The Master Genealogist™ and FamilySearch™ Personal Ancestral files.

Version 2014 is now available for pre-sale at 30% off
for the early bird genealogist. You’ll have the option to have it
shipped to you or download it the same day shipping begins. The pre-sale
discount ends September 10th, so
get yours now to take advantage of the 2014 launch.

Where to get Help

A Blog is not a very helpful place to troubleshoot a problem with Family Tree Maker. There is plenty of help, in the Help Menu of the program that is specific to where you are in the program; In the Help Menu, there is a link to the Knowledge Base website, called Online Help Center.